Iran new models of Zolfaqar assault rifle 11007171

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Monday, 10 July 2017 06:59

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Iran will unveil new models of home-made Zolfaqar assault rifle.

Iran will unveil two new models of the home-made Zolfaqar assault rifle in the near future. In June 2017, Iran has unveiled its new type of 7.62mm assault rifle called Zolfaqar designed and manufactured by domestic experts to replace Heckler & Koch G3 assault rifles currently used by the country’s Armed Forces.

New Iranian-made Zolfaqar assault rifle

"Other models of Zolfaqar assault rifle will be soon unveiled, one of them will come in a 7.62*39 caliber of Kalashnikov type, and another one will be a 5.56*45 caliber rifle," Head of Iranian institute, Masaf, which has manufactured Zolfaqar assault rifle Ali Akbar Ra'efipour told FNA on Wednesday.

Ra'efipour said that the firearm testing of Zolfaqar weapon will be carried out in the next few months.

Noting that his team is also working on the option to fire subsonic bullets by Zolfaqar, he said that the designing of such an assault rifle is complete now.